"Oh, we've got it! The Yankees were also down 0-2 against the Atlanta Braves in 1996! And then they came back to win four straight! Why not us again!?" Not the same! At all! In those first two ...

Repeatedly. The Yankees did it a few times. Those Yankees who first vanquished the mighty Braves, in 1996, where faced with an impossible task. Atlanta was the defending World Series champion.

TAMPA — Ron Guidry has been coming to George M. Steinbrenner Field since the ballpark opened in 1996, but the Yankees’ annual spring training guest instructor had a hard time finding his way ...